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Gradient Financial Group LLC401(k)

GRADIENT FINANCIAL GROUP LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · ARDEN HILLS, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Gradient Financial Group LLC reported $21,240 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,622 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.27% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 880th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and 3,014th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $4.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,475,697
Participants with balances396
Active participants312
Employer contributions$506,043
Employee contributions$2,059,041
Employer contribution per active participant$1,622
Average account balance$51,706
Benefits paid to participants$662,360
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMAHONEY ULBRICH CHRISTIANSEN AND RU
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.5M · 396 accts · $506K emplr
2023$16.1M · 454 accts · $487K emplr
2022$12.7M · 414 accts · $448K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,490
Audit (IQPA)$10,750
Total administrative$21,240
The Gradient Financial Group LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,622
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,622 per active participant
2023$1,535 per active participant
2022$1,361 per active participant

Gradient Financial Group LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping$10,391
MAHONEY ULBRICH CHRISTIANSEN · Accounting / audit$10,750

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Paychex

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Gradient Financial Group LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$21,240 · 0.12%
2023$39,052 · 0.27%
2022$35,563 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 263422329 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.